Chanel, Coco (1883-1971)
Modern fashion has no legend greater than Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. A strong woman, her life has inspired biographies, aphorisms, and even a Broadway musical en...
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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1882-1971) was noted for her free-flowing, loose-fitting designs for women's clothing, first introduced in 1919, and again in 1954.In 1919 French designer Gabrielle "Coco" Cha...
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Why, oh why, are we so enamored of French women? Why do we hang idiotically on their every word, as if they know so much more than us about style and general fabulousness? How did all these imperio...
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Why, oh why, are we so enamored of French women? Why do we hang idiotically on their every word, as if they know so much more than us about style and general fabulousness? How did all these imperio...
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Today is Thursday, July 26, the 207th day of 2007. There are 158 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the...
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(Attention vulgar language in paragraph 16) By Christopher Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - A peek inside the private
world of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn reveals a woman
resembling the strong...
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Paris (dpa) - She is slender and stubborn. She occasionally used
to model for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli. And her life didn't
only begin to get turbulent when she bec...
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Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad (1961), from a screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet, will be revived for the first time in decades at Film Forum for two weeks from Jan. 18 through Jan. 31 ...
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THE PERFECT SCENT: A YEAR INSIDE THE PERFUME INDUSTRY IN PARIS AND NEW YORKBy Chandler Burr Henry Holt, 306 pages, $25
“The idea that you like something can lead to the idea that ...
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Paul Poiret was a pioneer in modern fashion, doing away with the corset and embracing the notion of personal style. He was among the first to use draping in dressmaking and he had no problem puttin...
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Chanel, Coco (1883-1971)
Coco Chanel
Cuckoo for Coco (Chanel)? Not I, Full of French Fatigue
